Hair curler and the like



Feb. 26, 1946.

G. c. E. KEET 2,395,555

HAIR CURLER AND THE LIKE Filed July 7, 1944 chm/h:

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Patented Feb. 26, 1946 HAIR CURLER AND THE LIKE Gabriel Christiaan Erasmus Keet, Florida, Transvaal, Union of South Africa Application July 7, 1944, Serial No. 543,943. In the Union of South Africa February 15, 1944 4 Claims.

This invention relates to hair curlers and the like, or means around which the hair is coiled to form ringlets or curls, of the kind including two movable or hinged curling portions between which the hair is gripped and around which it is coiled,

and a hinged Or movable loop or frame for securing said movable curling portions in operative positions.

The object of the invention is to provide improved eificient curler or curling means of the kind described, which are of simple design and construction, and which will enable the hair when being curled to dry more quickly than with those at present in use.

According to the invention the two relatively movable curling portions of the device or curler are of U or other channel shape in cross-section, or grooved or channelled longitudinally for the whole or a portion of their length, and are oppositely arranged with the channels open to the outside, and may be shaped longitudinally or twisted, both in the same direction, to impart a spiral or helical formation thereto. I

The curling portions of the device are preferably made in on piece and fashioned at their inner ends where they join to form an eye in which one end portion of the coupling or securing loop or frame engages and about which the latter hinges.

At the other and outer ends the curling portions may be fiat and be provided with recesses in which the securing loop or frame engages to lock them in position.

The loop or frame may be substantially rectangular in shape and made of wire, and have one end twisted around the other to provide a long and large bearing surface which engages in the eye formed at the junction of the curling portions.

The invention will be more fully described with the aid of the accompanying drawing, wherein a practical form of the same is illustrated. In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan of the improved curler in the closed position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a, side elevation of the device in the open position, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same on line :ca: of Fig. 1.

In the drawing the numeral l denotes a bifurcated part or member providing the two curling portions 2, 3, of the device, between which the lock of hair is placed and gripped and around which it is wound to curl it. 4 is the coupling or securing loop or frame which acts to fix the portions 2, 3, in the position in which they are shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.

The part or member I at the junction of the curling portions 2, 3, is shaped to form the hinge eye 5 and to impart resiliency at the hinge to the curling portions 2, 3. Such part or member i may be made from a singlestrip of flat sheet metal, and be bent or shaped midway of its length to form the hinge eye 5. Beyond the eye 5 at both sides thereof, and between said hinge eye 5 and the flat outer end portions 6, l, the strip is bent or shaped to U or channel shape in cross-section, as indicated at 8 and 9, the longitudinal channels 8, 9, being oppositely directed and open at the outsidesee Fig. 4. Said intermediate U-shaped portions 8, 9, are shown twisted in the same direction, say through a quarter of a turn, so that the flat ends 6, I, are at right angles to the hinge eye 5. Recesses or notches I0, I I, are formed in the outer extremities of the curling portions 2, 3, in which the outer end of the securing yoke, loop or frame 4 engages to secure the curler in positionsee Figs. 1 and 2. The shaping of the bifurcated part or member I to form the hinge eye 5, due to the spring action thereof, ensures that the two portions 2, 3, thereof will remain apart-see Fig. 3- when not secured by the yoke or frame 4, so that the hair can be placed between them. They will be moved towards each other to grip the lock of hair between them, and then rotated together to coil the hair around them, after which the yoke or frame 4 will be turned about the hinge and into the recesses l0; II, to secure the curling portions 2, 3, with the hair in position.

The yoke or loop 4 is of substantially rectangular shape and may as shown be made of a single piece of wire. It is parallel-sided between the end portions, as indicated at l2, and at the forward end l3 the sides converge slightly to provide the end portion M which engages in the recesses I 0, l l, to secure the curler. At the other and hinge end l5 one end It of the wire is turned in at substantially right angles to the sides I2, and the other end I! coiled round it to form a hinge pin or the like providing a long and large bearing surface within the hinge eye 5.

A curler according to the invention, when in use, allows air to circulate or pass freely along the-grooves or channels 3, 9, in the curling portions 2, 3, and also along the passages formed' at the sides of such portions 2, 3, between them and the hair, to ensure quick drying of the hair on the curler. Further, the hair is not bent sharply or kinked as with curlers having flat pieces around which the hair is wound, but assumes a more or less circular form.

What I claim as my invention and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A hair curler of the kind described, including two oppositely arranged relatively resiliently movable curling portions constructed in one piece and providing at their junction a hinge eye, and having flat outer ends recessed at their extremities, said curling portions being of channel shape in cross-section between the eye and the outer fiat ends, with the channels at the outside, and each fashioned to provide a longitudinal helical channel, and a frame hinged at one end within the eye and adapted at its other end to be sprung into the recesses in the fiat ends to secure the curling portions in position.

2. A hair curler of the kind described, including two oppositely arranged relatively resiliently movable curling portions constructed in one piece and providing at their junction a hinge eye, and having flat outer ends each provided with a recess at its extremity, said curling portions being of channel shape in cross-section between the eye and the fiat outer ends, with the channels at the outside, and each fashioned to provide a longitudinal helical channel, and a substantially rectangular frame hinged at one end within the eye and adapted at its other end to be sprung into the recesses to secure the curling portions in position.

3. A hair curler of the kind descrihed, including two oppositely arranged relatively resiliently movable curling portions constructed in one piece and providing at their junction a hinge eye, and having fiat outer ends recessed at their extremities, said curling portions being of channel shape in cross-section between the eye and the flat outer ends and fashioned to provide longitudinal helical channels open at the outside, and a substantially rectangular wire frame enlarged at one end by coiling the one end of the. wire around the other to provide a large long bearing surface, said enlarged portion being journalled within the eye, said frame being adapted at the other end to be sprung into the recesses in the flat outer ends to secure the curling portions in position.

4. A hair curler of the kind described, including two oppositely arranged curling portions relatively angularly movably connected at their inner ends by a spring hinge eye and having engaging means at their outer ends, each being of channel shape in cross-section with the channels open at the outside, said channels. being of helical formation longitudinally so that air passages are provided within the coil of hair within and longitudinally of the curling portions and also at both sides. of said curling portions, and a frame angularly movable about the axis of angular movement of the curling portions and adapted yieldingly to engage at its outer end with the engaging means at the outer ends of the curling portions to secure the latter in position.

GABRIEL CHRISTIAAN ERASMUS KEET. 

